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No. 590,620. Patented Sept. 28,1897.

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` NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED F. MORGAN, OF BELDING, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORVOF ONE-HALF TO LENORDG. OROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

DISH-RAN.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent No. 590,620, datedSeptember 28, 1897.

Applicationled J' anuary 21, 1897. Serial No. 620,108. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, ALFRED F. MORGAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Belding, in the county ofIonia and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Dish-Pan, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dish-pans, its object being to provide adish-pan with a partition dividing it into two compartments, one ofwhich is utilized to wash dishes and the other to rinse and drain them.

The invention also contemplates 'the use of detachable pockets orreceptacles for the reception of knives, forks, and spoons,both bel foreand after they are washed.

l/Vith the above ends in View my invention consists in the severaldetails of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dish-pan embodyingmyimprove-` ments. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Flg. 3 isa vertical transverse section.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the severalfigures.

1 represents the dish-pan, which may be of any desirable size and formand made of any suitable sheet metal.

2 represents a partition extending transversely across the dish-pan andfirmly secured thereto by solder or other suitable means at its ends andlower edge. The dish-pan is thus divided into two compartments, (marked3 and 4, respectively.) The compartment 3 is designed to be used forwashing the dishes and the compartment 4 for rinsing and draining them.The compartment 4 is provided with a removable false bottom 5, shaped toit snugly" within the compartment and to be supported on the bottomthereof. As shown, the'false bottom is concaved or dished and providednear its central portion with a series of perforations 6 to permit waterto drain from it to the bottom of the compartment. To the under side ofthe false bottom, near its edge, are secured a suitable number of legsor supports 7, which may be formed from strips of metal bent to asubstantially V-shaped form, as shown, and the ends thereof soldered orotherwise secured tol the bottom, and these legs should be of asufficient length to elevate the false bottom oV above the bottom ofthel chamber 4 sufficiently to permit the water which may be used forrinsing the dishes or which may drain from them to accumulate withoutrising above the surface of the false bottom.

stantially vertical position to facilitate their rinsing and draining.

10 and 1l represent detachable pockets which are open at both ends andintended for the reception of knives, forks, spoons, and similararticles both before and after they are washed, the pocket 10 being fortheir reception before they are washed and that 11 after they arewashed. Each pocket consists of a piece of sheet metal vbent to asubstantially L shape to form two sides of a compartment, the other twosides being formed by a portion of the partition 2 anda portion of theside of the dish-pan proper. The side 12, which engages the side of thedish-pan, is inclined at its engaging edge to correspond with theinclination of such side, and .the side 13 is rectangular, as shown. ofthe sides 13, where they abut against the partition, hooks 14 aresecured, which fit over 'the partition, and to the partition 2 issoldered or otherwise firmly secured a piece of wire 15, bent to form adownward loop 16, which loop receives the hooks 14 and prevents theirmovement longitudinally of the partition.

17 represents springhooks attached tothe upper edge of the side 12 andadapted to iit over the edge and frictionally engageY the outer surfaceof the dish-pan. Each hook is provided with an upwardly-extendingportion 18, which forms a` finger-hold by means of which the hooks maybe disengaged from the surface of the pan, and therebypermit the To theupper edges IOO pockets to be easily lifted out of engagement therewith.

l0 represents a short tube secured in the lower portion of the partition2 to afford communication between the compartments 3 and 4;. A removablestopper 2O is fitted into one end of the tube, preferably that in therinsing-compartment, to prevent the dirty Water passing from the Washingto the rinsing compartment.V After the dishes have been Washed anddrained the dirty Water is discharged and the stopper 20 removed topermit the hot rinsing-Water to flow into the dish-Washing compartmentfor the purpose of Washing the latter.

The advantages of my invention are obvious, inasmuch as it provides in acompact form a dish-Washer and a dish-drainer. The detachable pocketsfor the knives, forks, spoons, die., are also an important adjunct tothe invention, inasmuch as they provide receptacles for such articlesWhere they may be kept entirely separate from the dishes both during thewashing and draining operation.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to Without depart ing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. The combinationwith a dish-pan having a vertical transverse partition of a removablepocket open at both ends and having a hook to loosely fit over thepartition, and a springhook to lit over the edge and frictionally engagethe outer surface of the dish-pan, substantially as described.

2. A dish-pan having a vertical transverse partition to provide separateWashing and draining compartments, combined with a perforated concavedfalse bottom supported in the draining-compartment above its bottom, anda pocket open at both ends removably supported above the false bottomand coperating therewith to support knives, forks, spoons, ttc., in avertical position to be rinsed and drained, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALFRED F. MORGAN.

lVitn esses:

II. L. VAN BENscHoTEN, A. E. SHELLY.

